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Question: Almost all plays that are written for the theatre eventually gain a fully mounted production
Choices:
True
False
Question: The typical rehearsal schedule follows what process?
Choices:
Blocking, memorize lines, ensemble playing, read and discuss the script, technical rehearsals
Read and discuss the script, blocking, ensemble playing, technical rehearsals, memorize lines
Read and discuss the script, blocking, memorize lines, ensemble playing, technical rehearsals
Question: The term "blocking" refers to:
Choices:
The director’s use of invented obstacles to heighten the emotional frustration of a character
Establishing the performers’ movements from place-to-place and their bodily position
The scheduling of rehearsals in long time segments
None of these
Question: Each moment within a play creates an image that sends a message to the audience – whether planned or not
Choices:
True
False
Question: Which statement best describes the essential service the producer provides the director?
Choices:
The producer asks critical questions and supplies additional information about the play and its period
The producer provides the space, personnel and money the director needs to realize his or her vision
The producer supplies the designs that will be needed for the costumes and scenery to be constructed
The producer stages the script by telling performer where to go on stage
Question: A production dramaturg:
Choices:
All of these
Assists the director by supplying information and asking critical questions
Makes important decisions about the play’s pacing
Restages the actors in scenes to make the scenes more effective
Question: A basic question one asks when considering a play for production is “why this play for this audience at this time?”
Choices:
True
False
Question: Which best explains the difference between literary management and production dramaturgy?
Choices:
Literary managers are never involved with new play development, but dramaturgs are
Literary managers are involved in the preparation of production scripts, and the dramaturgs are not
Literary management is concerned with the entire season, whereas production dramaturgy is concerned with a specific production
Question: Which statement best defines the auteur directorial approach?
Choices:
The director tries to transfer the script as literally as possible from page to stage
The director uses the script as raw material to be reshaped for his or her own purposes
The director articulates a defined focus for the production
The director attempts to capture the spirit of the play, often by using means or expressions the script does not directly call for.
Question: Playwrights have been the most removed from the production process in:
Choices:
Classical Greece
16th century England
17th century France
21st century American
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